Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Cntrst Njx Assmt Absc/Cst via Drg Cath/Tube Spx|SEPARATE ENCOUNTER
St. Louis, MO
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Barnes Jewish Hospital’s median price of $5.5k is 906% above the median hospital's median price ($547), higher than 97% of the 1,893 hospitals reporting CPT 49424. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Dec 15, 2025
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